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28/08/2009

LGT and LLB suffer due to taxation controversy

Regulatory changes which spell the end of banking secrecy in cases of tax evasion not not only in cases of tax fraud have cost the major Liechtenstein banks. Net redemptions have totalled CHF1.6bn for LGT, and CFH304m for Landesbank (LLB), the Börsen-Zeitung reports. LGT, which is acquiring the Swiss affiliate of Dresdner Bank has seen net outflows equivalent to those in second half 2008, but its assets, which as of the end of June were CHF79bn,will increase due to the acquisition by about CHF9.4bn.
28/08/2009

SRI funds continue comeback

According to statistics compiled by Lipper FMI for Responsible Investor, European SRI funds in June attracted EUR760.7m in investments, following net subscriptions of nearly EUR1.07bn in May. Total assets come to EUR42.7bn. The highest levels of subscriptions were for Money Market Euro Sustainable Fund (Dexia Luxembourg) and Securicash SRI (AGI France). The three largest SRI funds were money market funds: Invest Monétaire (SocGen) with EUR1.98bn, Securicash (EUR1.94bn), Moné Etheis (BNPP AM) with EUR1.18bn.
28/08/2009

Axa Immoselect reopens to redemptions

AXA Investment Managers Deutschland GmbH has announced that as of 28 August, it is reopening the open-ended real estate Axa Immoselect to redemptions, which had been closed since October 2008, as of 28 August. Currently, the net liquidity of the fund has risen to 17%. Through external financing and sales of assets, available liquidity has been increased to EUR627m, from EUR493m as of the end of July, and EUR380m as of the end of June. Recently (see Newsmanagers of 24 July), Achim Gräfen, CEO of Axa Im Deutschland, and manager of the Immoselect fund, announced that he was expecting to face redemptions of about EUR500m. Assets in the fund now total nearly EUR3.66bn.
28/08/2009

Pierre-Yves Bareau joins JP Morgan AM

JP Morgan Asset Management has announced the recruitment of Pierre-Yves Bareau as head of the management team specialised in emerging markets debt. He will be in charge of coordinating international emerging market debt management teams located in the various geographical regions. Bareau has been managing portfolios of emerging markets debt for 20 years. He joins JP Morgan Asset Management after serving as director of emerging markets debt management at Fortis Investments for more than 10 years. Bareau will be based in London, and will report directly to Bob Michele, global director of bond management at JP Morgan Asset Management.
28/08/2009

iShares gains market share in ETFs

As of the end of July, worldwide assets for iShares (Barclays Global Investors, or BGI) totalled USD414.4bn, for market share of 48.1%, compared with USD380.23bn (48.2%) one month earlier, and USD324.84bn (45.7%) as of the end of December. The ETF management firm states that it has brought in net subscriptions worldwide of USD32bn, so that investment income totalled USD55.39bn, more than 1.7 times the total of net inflows. iShares, which as of the end of July had 391 ETF products on sale, up from 361 as of the end of last year, is by far the top provider of products of this type in the world, ahead of State Street (with a market share of 15.2% as of the end of July, and 104 funds), Vanguard (7.8% and 104 funds), and Lyxor Asset Management (Société Générale, 4.5% and 105 funds). In Europe, iShares is also the top provider, with assets of USD72.26bn in 158 products, which represent a market share of 39.6% for its Irish and German product ranges. The two runners-up are Lyxor, with 103 funds, USD37.37bn in assets under management, and a market share of 20.5%, and db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank), with 105 funds, Usd29.79bn, and a market share of 16.3%. As of the end of June, the leader, iShares, had Usd64.40bn and 158 products, for a market share of 38.8%. It finished 2008 with USd55.89bn in assets in 145 funds and a market share of 39.1%. Its net inflows in Europe are estimated at EUR4.3bn.
28/08/2009

F&C to reduce debt levels

Investment Week reports that F&C has launched a program to redeem debt for holders of its subordinated securities for a total of GBP260m. The operation will involve a swap of up to 50% of existing loan notes with a coupon of 6.75%, which trade below par, for senior shares with a set coupon of 9%, to be redeemable in 2016. The transaction will allow the management firm to reduce its debt by GBP32.5m.
28/08/2009

Alliance Trust recruits a head from SWIP

Rod Davidson is leaving Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to become head of fixed income at Alliance trust, which offers no bond products, either as a part of its unit trust product range, or within its OEIC range, Investment Week reports. Davidson will arrive at the beginning of January, with three of his partners from SWIP: Garteh Quantrill, Stuart McMaster and Stuart Steven.
28/08/2009

Shirley Garrood appointed CFO at Henderson Group

Shirley Garrood, currently COO of the business, has been appointed chief financial officer of Henderson Group, effective 1 September, replacing Toby Hiscock, who is retiring. Garrood joined the British asset management firm in 2001.
28/08/2009

Martin Currie sings up to Principles for Responsible Investment

The British management firm Martin Currie has announced that it has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Tim Hall, managing director of the investment team, says that Martin Currie has long recognized the importance of taking a full range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into account in corporate research. These elements will now be more systematically integrated into the analysis undertaken by the research team.
28/08/2009

BBVA AM gains market share

BBVA Asset Management’s lead over Santander Asset Management has now reached two percentage points of market share, to 20.61%, Expansión reports, adding that BBVA AM did not really overtake Santander AM until the end of 2008. Among the other asset management firms which have gained ground in the past few months are La Caixa, which, according to VDOS Stochastics, has attracted more than EUR2bn between the beginning of the year and 21 August, largely due to campaigns to promote their guaranteed funds. The Catalonian savings bank has gained market share to reach a total of 7.42%, compared with 5.6% as of the end of December.
28/08/2009

Sal. Oppenheim : la Deutsche Bank compte avoir décidé pour la mi-octobre

Jeudi, la Deutsche Bank a indiqué que sa due diligence des comptes de Sal. Oppenheim s’est jusqu'à présent déroulée «positivement» ; elle devrait être achevée à la mi-septembre et une décision sur une éventuelle prise de participation (entre 30 et 50 %) pourrait être prise pour la mi-octobre, rapporte le Handelsblatt. Selon les proches du dossier, il est vraisemblable qu’ultérieurement la Deutsche prendra la majorité dans la banque privée familiale.
28/08/2009

Sal. Oppenheim : la Deutsche Bank compte avoir décidé pour la mi-octobre

Jeudi, la Deutsche Bank a indiqué que sa due diligence des comptes de Sal. Oppenheim s’est jusqu'à présent déroulée positivement ; elle devrait être achevée à la mi-septembre et une décision sur une éventuelle prise de participation (entre 30 et 50 %) pourrait être prise pour la mi-octobre, rapporte le Handelsblatt. Selon les proches du dossier, il est vraisemblable qu’ultérieurement la Deutsche prendra la majorité dans la banque privée familiale.
28/08/2009

DWS replaces head of distribution

As Philipp Hensler has left the company, DWS Investments has appointed Michael J. Woods as US head of distribution. He will report directly to Ingo Gefeke, the new Global Head of Distribution and Product Management. Woods was most recently Head of Financial Intermediaries and Investments Group at Evergreen Investments. He was previously CEO of XTF Global Asset Management.
28/08/2009

Steep drop in profits at Groupama

Groupama, which yesterday announced its half-yearly results, has posted an increase in its earnings in first half 2009 of 8.4%, to EUR8.358bn, due to “strong growth in insurance and the deployment of solid platforms for international development, says Jean Azéma, its CEO. However, due to the turbulence in Europe earlier this year, net results were down 40.5%, to EUR166m. For financial and banking activities, net banking proceeds are up 18.2%, to a total of EUR116m. On the asset management side, assets under management by Groupama Asset Management and its affiliates total EUR89.5bn as of 30 June 2009, an increase of EUR8.2bn compared with the end of December 2008. These results are closely related to the evolution of the bond market and the good performance of equities management, which outperformed the market, Groupama says. Total net inflows in first half 2009 are positive at EUR3.1bn, of which EUR2.3bn were earned outside the group.
28/08/2009

Results deteriorate at Deka

In first half, Deka had posted pre-tax profits of EUR50m, compared with EUR113.8m, while net profits totalled EUR46.4m, compared with EUR53.8m. The central asset management firm for the German saving banks has written down EUR218.9m (compared with EUR0.5m), of which about half is related to loans to Icelandic banks, and EUR25m to an amortisation of goodwill on the acquisition of Westinvest in 2004. Deka, which has reached an agreement with the board at the business to lay off about 350 people out of a total of 3,355 employees, at the end of June had assets of EUR145bn, compared with EUR142.5bn six months earlier. Net subscriptions fell to EUR1.3bn, compared with EUR1.4bn for the real estate arm (AMI), while the securities arm (AMK) saw net outflows of EUR1.4bn, largely due to money market funds, compared with net inflows of EUR7.3bn. In total, the group has posted net redemptions of EUR134m, comapred with net subscriptions of EUR8.654bn.
28/08/2009

Sal. Oppenheim: Deutsche Bank plans to reach decision by mid-October

On Thursday, Deutsche Bank announced that its due diligence on accounts at sal. Oppenheim has been going positively so far, and that it will have reached a decision over a possible acquisition of a stake (of 30% to 50%) in the firm by mid-October, Handelsblatt reports. According to sources close to the firm, it is likely that Deutsche Bank will later acquire a majority stake in the family-owned private bank.
28/08/2009

Amaranth let off without SEC sanctions

Amaranth Advisors will not face any penalties from the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a letter received by the hedge fund manager, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amaranth, which once managed USD6.6bn in assets, but which imploded in 2006 following bad bets on natural gas markets, was cleared by the SEC after a three-year investigation into whether the firm misled investors.
28/08/2009

Stanford CFO pleads guilty

James Davis, the CFO of Stanford Financial Group, pleaded guilty to charges that he helped Sir Allen Stanford in alleged USD7bn Ponzi scheme, the Financial Times reports. Sir Allen, had been due to appear in court, was taken to hospital with heart problems.
28/08/2009

Emerging markets hedge funds turn in top performance

Hedge funds investing in emerging markets earned higher than average returns in second quarter. Hedge Week reports that the HFRI index of emerging markets gained 18.92% during the quarter, while the composite index shows gains of 9.17%. In the first six months of the year, hedge funds specialised in emerging markets earned returns of 20.18%, the best results in six months, since gains of 27.4% in 1999. Despite these fine returns, outflows from emerging markets have continued, totalling USD2.5bn in second quarter. This movement was compensated for by positive market effects on emerging markets totalling USD12.9bn. Assets in funds dedicated to emerging markets now total USD77bn.
28/08/2009

Cosmen and CVC want total control of National Express

The private equity investor CVC and the Asturian Cosmen family have made an offer of GBP560m (450 pence per share) in cash for the 81.4% of National Express that the Cosmen family does not already control, Cinco Días reports. The bid is higher than the GBP500m offer previosuly expected. Among the other major shareholders in National Express are Barclays (8%) and Prudential (6.58%). National Express is also reported to interest Stagecoach and Arriva.
28/08/2009

Assets in funds up 0.6% in August

According to estimates by VDOS Stochastics relayed by Cinco Días, assets un securities funds on sale in Spain increased between 1 and 21 August by EUR1.06bn, or 0.63%, to nearly EUR170.16bn. For the first time since the start of the crisis, these funds show net subscriptions (of EUR446m), while positive market effects represented EUR612m.
28/08/2009

Martin Currie opens an office

The British management firm Martin Currie, which has been developing its presence in Asia for several years, with the opening of an office in Shanghai in 1997, and of a branch office in Melbourne in August 2008, has announced the opening of an office in Singapore on 1 October of this year. Asian activities will be directed from Melbourne, where the office is directed by Kimon Kouryalas. The Singapore office will be led by a senior business development officer, whose appointment will take place soon.
28/08/2009

Retail investors chase rising markets

The Dax, which as of 9 March was at 3588, is now in the region of 5500. It has thus gained more than 50% in less than six months. Many retail investors who missed this rising trend are now moving into the equities markets, Die Welt reports. The most recent statistics from the BVI association of management firms reveal that in July, net subscriptions to retail equities funds exceeded EUR2.5bn, one hundred times more than in June. Diversified funds attracted EUR1.2bn, while bond funds saw inflows of about EUR1bn. Meanwhile, investors withdrew nearly EUR6bn from money market funds, which are traditionally used as a place to park liquidities. But money market rates have since fallen to such a low level that they did nto even quite pay for all management commissions. This has led investors to seek more profitable investments.
28/08/2009

Heavy outflows from money market funds

In July, German and Luxembourg-registered funds on sale in Germany attracted net subscriptions of EUR3.13bn, which brings the total for the first seven months of the year to EUR6.9bn, the BVI association reports. This total conceals significant discrepancies. Of this total, institutional funds saw inflows of EUR5.92bn. Then, securities funds in January-July show net outflows of EUR1.73bn, largely due to net redemptinos fo EUR16.92bn from money market funds (of which EUR5.86bn were in July. The largest net subscriptions were for equities funds, with EUR7.41bn in inflows in the seven-month period, and EUR2.51bn in July. Open-ended real estate funds saw net redemptinos of EUR437.4m in July, but net subscriptions of EUR2.71bn in January-July.
28/08/2009

Heavy outflows from AGI and Deka

Net redemptions in January-July from Deka (savings banks), at more than EUR3.39bn, and from Allianz Global Investors (AGI), at more than EUR2.14bn, represent 3.15 times the net outflows from all German- and Luxembourg-registered securities funds on sale in Germany as a whole (EUR17.3bn). According to statistics from the BVI association of asset management firms, nearly all the major players say net outflows. Pioneer (UniCredit) and Union Investment (co-operative banks) posted net outflows of EUR875m and EUR600.2m, respectively. Only DWS/DB (Deutsche Bank) can boast net subscriptions, totalling EUR1.15bn, but this is due solely to EUR2.57bn in inflows to ETF activities at db x-trackers. The other two major ETF promoters have posted net subscriptions also, with EUR291.94m for iShares ETFs registered in Germany from Barclays Global Investors, and EUR1.96bn for ETFlab, an affiliate of Deka.
27/08/2009
Fonds

USS choisit UBS pour l'administration de fonds de hedge funds

Le fonds de pension Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) a annoncé mercredi avoir sélectionné UBS Global Asset Management -Fund Services comme fournisseur de services d’administration de fonds de hedge funds. Cette prestation sera apportée par l’antenne irlandaise d’UBS Fund Services.A cette occasion, USS précise avoir considérablement renforcé ses capacités en interne pour la sélection de hedge funds, avec la mise en œuvre d’un programme de stratégies de performance absolue ainsi que le recrutement de Luke Dixon et d’Emily Porter pour son équipe dédiée aux hedge funds.Le fonds de pension a l’intention d’affecter 5 % de ses actifs à des hedge funds individuels sur les 18 à 24 prochains mois. Sur le moyen terme, USS envisage de porter son exposition aux stratégies alternatives à 20 %.
Fonds
27/08/2009
Fonds

AP1 enregistre ses premières sorties nettes

A fin juin, l’encours du fonds de pension Första AP-fonden (AP1) ressortait à 181,4 milliards de couronnes, ce qui représente un gonflement de 9,8 milliards par rapport au 31 décembre, bien que l’effet de marché ait été positif de 11,5 milliards de couronnes (soit une performance nette de 6,7 % contre une perte de 8 %). Ce décalage s’explique par le fait qu’AP1 a subi pour la première fois des sorties nettes de 1,7 milliard de couronnes, principalement en raison du départ à la retraite des salariés nés dans les années 1940.AP1 précise dans son rapport semestriel avoir changé son modèle de gestion en préférant une formule de performance absolue à une politique de gestion active. Avant frais, la performance des actifs cotés est ressortie à 7,5 % pendant que la poche alternative accusait une perte de 4,4 % (soit de 400 millions de couronnes), pour l’essentiel à cause d’une dépréciation de 6 % des actifs immobiliers.
Fonds
27/08/2009

ING veut lever 1,5 milliard de dollars avec la vente de ses actifs

ING cherche à lever au moins 1,5 milliard de dollars avec la vente imminente de ses activités de banque privée en Asie et en Suisse, rapporte le Financial Times, citant des sources proches du dossier. Les acquéreurs potentiels devraient soumettre leur offre finale la semaine prochaine. Julius Baer serait en pole position. Les autres candidats sont Standard Chartered, HSBC, Barclays et DBS Bank.
27/08/2009
Fonds

Produits structurés : les investisseurs veulent du simple et du sur-mesure

Pour Vittorio Schiro, directeur d’Equity Derivatives Distribution Europa, UBS Investment Bank, «les investisseurs souhaitent un accès à des produits structurés à la fois moins complexes et pourtant créés sur mesure», souligne-t-il dans une contribution au journal Le Temps. L’émetteur à la recherche d’un succès à long terme doit donc répondre à ce double défi, estime le spécialiste.
Fonds
27/08/2009

Recul de plus de 40% du résultat semestriel de Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild

Le Groupe Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild a fait état pour le premier semestre d’un bénéfice net de 61,2 millions de francs suisses contre 105,6 millions pour les six mois au 30 juin 2008. Malgré un environnement difficile, la banque a enregistré un afflux d’argent frais de 3,4 milliards de francs. Les actifs sous gestion affichent une augmentation de 7,6 % à 88,6 milliards de francs contre 82,3 milliards au 31 décembre 2008. Les effectifs se sont accrus à une moyenne de 1.593 collaborateurs contre 1.517 à fin décembre 2008.

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